Re: Girlfriend's Favorite

Gucci Pour Homme: loved by an ex who likes strong, manly men.Gucci Pour Homme II: loved by an ex who is the quiet sexy librarian type.Hanae Mori HM: loved by an ex who is fun and happy. HM is becoming my pick to wear on dates.

Overall though, the biggest compliment getters among women I've dated have been:Curve: I suspect it's due to the musky base.Lucky No. 6: Such an underrated scent. It's hard to not like this one.L'Air du Desert Marocain: Specifically, I'm talking about the base it evolves into once you've been wearing it for 6+ hours. I easily get 18 hours of longevity from LDDM. I love the top, but it's the final stage that really gets me compliments.

I should also note that I've never gotten any positive unsolicited feedback from Aventus. When I asked for opinions, I was told "It's nice." I enjoy the stuff, but it's not something I wear on dates anymore.

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Wife seems to like the clean stuff - Mugler Cologne and Erolfa were recent compliment-getters, as was Aventus (which is a funny paradox of fruity/clean + smoky to my nose).

Sadly, she's on the fence when it comes to one of my favorite notes - vetiver. She can pick it out pretty well, though it catches her as rather grapefruit-like (which I get and smell as well, but I also catch more of the earth/rootiness of it). I'm trying to ease her into it with some nice, airy ones like, as the name implies, KenzoAir

And then there's my all time favorite signature scent that I had to retire, Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme.
I could barely stomach the first reformulation. But the 2nd reform really put the nail in its coffin for me.

I have 2 almost full vintage bottles.

Every time I wear it nowadays, my fiancť says, "wow this brings me back to our youth".

I hope that when we're old and grey, and I spray a little on, she has the same feeling

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Only two wifely comments ever -- once for Rive Gauche Pour Homme, and once for Sel de Vetiver. Two veeeery different frags. Both comments came at the end of the day, and clearly tied into her feelings that it had been a good day all around. I think the actual scent probably didn't matter.

Originally Posted by Darjeeling

The wife prefers me scent free. She did say that Issey Miyake is kind of OK, but she'd still prefer me to wear nothing.

Originally Posted by knightowl

Not even a speedo?

Darjeeling's from Oz, so I believe the appropriate term is "banana hammock".

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Originally Posted by heperd

Most ouds are panty droppers.

That hasn't been my experience (not yet, anyway!), but I hope you're right. I only recently realized how much I love the smell of anything that contains black agar. I'm glad that spring has arrived, but I'll be looking forward to fall before summer even gets here. I love cool weather clothes and cool weather scents. And cool weather food, come to think of it. And cool weather drinks!!! ...and did I mention the smell of black agar? What a great smell.

Originally Posted by DanielPlainview

for some inexplainable reason, he kept asking me to wear Azzaro, even though I told him it had been destroyed by reformulation.

People in the real world don't care about reformulation - especially if someone else is wearing the scent they're smelling. Why on earth would they?

Your Date: "This chocolate cake is delicious!!!"
You: "No, it's bad. They changed the recipe a few years ago. It used to be much better. Trust me, you don't want to eat it."
Your Date: "But, it's delicious."

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Originally Posted by DaveStPaul

ODarjeeling's from Oz, so I believe the appropriate term is "banana hammock".

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Chanel Allure Homme Sport Extreme.........she prefers it over Pure Havane
Animale Animale ....................................she in fact keeps the bottle for herself
Carven Homme ......................................loves so much she actually bought her own bottle
Minatoure ..............................................smel ls it on me and asks which bottle it's from

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While I can't say I'm on the Aventus bandwagon (yet, may have to buy a full 1 oz....) I can see why a woman wouldn't like Tuscan Leather. It just doesn't strike me as sensual, or even all that inviting. It's masculine to the core but to me it feels like a man's man scent. Men love it, and women love men who love it, but I'd imagine most women don't love it themselves. Just my two cents

Hahahaha I hear you but I just can't wait that long. Call me selfish but if the entire building doesn't want to spend the hot summer's day smelling Black Aoud then they shouldn't have let me in the door

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Originally Posted by L'Homme Blanc Individuel

That hasn't been my experience (not yet, anyway!), but I hope you're right. I only recently realized how much I love the smell of anything that contains black agar. I'm glad that spring has arrived, but I'll be looking forward to fall before summer even gets here. I love cool weather clothes and cool weather scents. And cool weather food, come to think of it. And cool weather drinks!!! ...and did I mention the smell of black agar? What a great smell.

People in the real world don't care about reformulation - especially if someone else is wearing the scent they're smelling. Why on earth would they?

Your Date: "This chocolate cake is delicious!!!"
You: "No, it's bad. They changed the recipe a few years ago. It used to be much better. Trust me, you don't want to eat it."
Your Date: "But, it's delicious."

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Originally Posted by L'Homme Blanc Individuel

L'Air du Desert Marocain: Specifically, I'm talking about the base it evolves into once you've been wearing it for 6+ hours. I easily get 18 hours of longevity from LDDM. I love the top, but it's the final stage that really gets me compliments.

I should also note that I've never gotten any positive unsolicited feedback from Aventus. When I asked for opinions, I was told "It's nice." I enjoy the stuff, but it's not something I wear on dates anymore.

YES. You are doing it right sir. I spray 5-6 sprays of LDDM early in the night when I'm not around other people. That way, in about 4-6 hours time when (if) things are going swimmingly and the gap between myself and another female human is beginning to shrink, it has lost its 'spice market' feel and has, as you said, evolved into something else that is just magical and fucking sexy. I feel like I sing it's praises far too much, but I can honestly say it has never, ever failed me.

Oh... and the longevity you mentioned. It is herculean. Doesn't matter what you get up to, the next morning you STILL get compliments which is a real godsend. You know what I'm talkin bout.

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I currently have no girlfriend, but am accepting applications if any female members are interested.

The last one loved Neroli Portofino. Loved loved loved it. Prior girfriends (just in the past, say, three years) have preferred Chanel Bleu, D&G The One, and Green Irish Tweed.

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Your Date: "This chocolate cake is delicious!!!"
You: "No, it's bad. They changed the recipe a few years ago. It used to be much better. Trust me, you don't want to eat it."
Your Date: "But, it's delicious."

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1) AdG Essenza , hands down
2)Aventus
3)Bleecker Street (surprised by this one)
4) DHI "vintage" (this is really number one, but the other she verbally comments about, while this one, no words need to be exchanged to see the reaction)

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Originally Posted by DanielPlainview

Wow. Lalique Equus is 100% pure wood. She must love wood.

I'm still surprised too! But I think that she is more sensitive to the sweet ambery vibe that unfolds on me (a matter of body chemistry maybe). I have to mention that her nose is way better than mine.
I'm sure she likes woody/ambery frags though.